Kykeon : : studies in honour of H.S. Versnel / / edited by H.F.J. Horstmanshoff [and three others].

• Superior document: Religions in the Graeco-Roman World, Volume 142
• TeilnehmendeR: Horstmanshoff, H. F. J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, [Netherlands] ;, Boston, Massachusetts ;, Koln, [Germany] : : Brill,, 2002.; ©2002
• Year of Publication: 2002
• Language: English; German
• Series: Religions in the Graeco-Roman world ; Volume 142.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (240 pages) :; illustrations.
• Notes: Includes indexes.
• Other title: Preliminary material /; ‘MYTHOS UND RITUAL’ IM WECHSELWIND DER MODERNE /; RITUAL DYNAMICS: THE BOIOTIAN FESTIVAL OF THE DAIDALA /; MEDITERRANE RELIGIONSGESCHICHTE, RÖMISCHE RELIGIONSGESCHICHTE, EUROPÄISCHE RELIGIONSGESCHICHTE: ZUR GENESE EINES FACHKONZEPTS /; SHAPING THE TEXT: INNOVATION AND AUTHORITY IN GRAECO-EGYPTIAN MALIGN MAGIC /; WHAT IS NEW ABOUT GREEK SACRIFICE? /; THE APOCALYPSE OF JOHN AND THE IMPERIAL CULT /; THE CULT OF APHRODITE PANDAMOS AND PONTIA ON COS /; DER FUß DES DIONYSOS: ZU PMC 871 /; APOLLO AND DIONYSOS: STARTING FROM BIRTH /; INDEX OF NAMES AND SUBJECTS /; INDEX OF ANCIENT SOURCES /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• ISBN: 9004295941
• ISSN: 0927-7633
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by H.F.J. Horstmanshoff [and three others].

A collection of papers with new insights on ancient religion, read at a colloquium in honour of Professor H.S. Versnel (\'Inconsistencies in Greek and Roman Religion\'). The contributions, presented by nine leading scholars in the field, cover many areas of the religious experience of the Greeks and Romans: myth and ritual (W. Burkert), the gods (F. Zeitlin), cult, festivals, sacrifice. Several papers consider methodological problems and the progress of scholarship; they highlight the contribution of H.S. Versnel to the field. The papers are based on a wide range of sources: pagan and Christian, literary and epigraphical and iconographical. The collection will fascinate all scholars interested in ancient religion, whether they study malign magic, the Imperial cult or general theory.